CVE-2014-2387 Other in n/a
Medium 4.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2387 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-2387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2387 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2387/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2387/index.md)
An attacker can exploit insecure temporary file creation in the Pen library to read or modify sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-2387?
CVE-2014-2387 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pen 0.18.0 has Insecure Temporary File Creation vulnerabilities
Weakness: CWE-668
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2387?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Pen Project Pen.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2387?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2014-2387 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2387 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2387, GHSA-hj65-m3w6-qj7x.